Solingen Mitte station

Solingen Mitte station is in the city of Solingen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the Wuppertal-Oberbarmen–Solingen railway. The line through the site of Solingen Mitte station was opened on 2 December 1890 as part of the Solingen–Wuppertal-Vohwinkel line, known as the Korkenzieherbahn ("Corkscrew Railway"), to Vohwinkel.[5] The station was opened on 10 December 2006.[4] It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.[1]

Solingen Mitte
Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn
Through station
2007
General information
LocationSolingen, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates51°09′58″N 7°05′22″E
Owned byDB Netz
Operated byDB Station&Service
Line(s)
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Train operatorsAbellio Rail NRW
ConnectionsS7
Other information
Station code5414[1]
DS100 codeKSM
IBNR8005598
Category5[1]
Fare zone
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened10 December 2006[4]
Services
Preceding station Regiobahn Following station
Remscheid Hbf
towards Remscheid-Lennep
 RE 47 Solingen-Grünewald
towards Düsseldorf Hbf
Preceding station Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Following station
Solingen-Schaberg
towards Wuppertal Hbf
 S7 Solingen Grünewald
towards Solingen Hbf
Location
Solingen Mitte is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Solingen Mitte
Solingen Mitte
Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

The station is served by line S 7 of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn, branded as Der Müngstener, operated every 20 minutes from Monday to Friday and generally every half hour on weekends and at off-peak times, using (LINT 41) vehicles.[6][7] Until 15 December 1913 the station was served by Regional-Express service RB 47, operated by DB Regio NRW, normally with two-carriage sets of class 628.4. The Abellio Deutschland company won a contract that was put to tender in November 2010 and took over the operation of passenger services on the route from December 2013 for a period of 15 years.[8][9]

Since December of 2022, the Station is also served hourly by regional service RE 47 between Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof and Remscheid-Lennep, operated by Regiobahn.

References
  1. "Stationspreisliste 2023" [Station price list 2023] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  2. "S7 - Der Müngstener". Stadtwerke Remscheid. Abellio Rail NRW. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  3. "VRS-Gemeinschaftstarif" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. 20 April 2020. p. 207. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  4. Joost, André. "Solingen Mitte operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  5. Joost, André. "Line 2734: Solingen - Wuppertal-Vohwinkel" (in German). Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  6. Joost, André. "Solingen Mitte station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  7. Joost, André. "S7". NRW rail archive (in German). Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  8. "Abellio gewinnt Ausschreibung der RB 47". Eisenbahnjournal Zughalt.de (in German). 23 November 2010. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  9. "Bahn unterliegt Abellio bei RB 47-Ausschreibung". Rheinische Post (in German). 24 November 2010. Archived from the original on 27 November 2010. Retrieved 8 December 2013.


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